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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning are enabling people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Central African Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. People want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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